My primary use was to pause a few things at IPL so that needed services had a chance to start.
In this case, the OP seemed to have a system where holding an init wouldn't hurt much > -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU> On > Behalf Of Paul Gilmartin > Sent: Sunday, March 19, 2023 7:50 PM > To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU > Subject: Re: Scheduling a job to run after a delay > > [EXTERNAL EMAIL] > > On Mon, 20 Mar 2023 02:39:51 +0000, Gibney, Dave wrote: > > >A different approach is to add a additional step at or near the top that > >waits. > I had a very short assembler program that called STIMER based on parm > input. > > > Ah! the old way. Nowadays, BPXBATCH sleep. > > In those days, it was considered discourteous to bogart an initiator; thus > "sleep" commands were rare. > > -- > gil > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
